The Dickinson press., 1887-04-09
A WONAN'S BUSY LIFE.
JENNIE JUNE TELLS ABOUT HER
PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
Tho Beginning of Her Journalistic Work.
a Place Hare! t" Fill-Thc Work -
Great Deal Different Nowa,l,,ys-The
New Woman.
ut is thir!y-two or thirty three years now,"
sail ]"nsi" ,1urc Il fcw .!;!ys ago, "siucc |
came To %r" York To look for work OH Il
ncm>l@iw', ::al low The situation has changed
i'll that ie,is,.h of time.
| There WI, not i'll tho5r days Il woman at
work in any newspaper office in this city,"
til" ch;s'ty correspondent went on, as tho ink
I ceased for Il i'sw minutes to flow, and she
| leaned back i'll II reminiscent E!otal ii APP
pllc'l first at i Slia "i::''". thinking might
St@nl IL i,,':tN.' r:,;,!it. tnrc than Oh smr of
the Older "l:l larger papers. They stared at
mo i'll h'aak ai;tazcn,ent. To employ a
won'an "na newspaper was Il thing almost
u,ihr'i!'' q. M.:rsar.'; i't,rr ought To have
paved tA' May ID, lr'' work OH Tie Tribune,
hut She Was in The r.;y short II time COM
| lmrativcir that her cX;.,.lplc seemed to hr al
together lost, The ll~r;,l,l and The 'r.ll>.ne
both took ;.l!,s from me, lut neither
thought ~! paving tn ',in,, and it looked as
if i'c!:",t ,o i,m Il l,l;n, ta,ln II; ;.,arncws-
paper ,,"i'..i WAS l;,i,.. lost
MS rc:,rinhrI ii now" and Mrs croly
looked up wili IL l;,'i2',. ";hH only ronsi,lcra-
tion tina, TN, l'nmni:,,, ,l,!,ii. ,ot from tl.
Who'll. body of Nnyy y .r, editors i'm 1ltS,
,!avs ,amn i'm ,h, ,.,,,;,n of n l,,l,, fashion
letter .,um r.lis in 'rli, Commercial Atycr-
ti>,r an. NJ, occasional translation from I.r
| Fuilc, in The Herald.
''rho rh.ls,,. when il did como, MAS n s,sl-
den one | e.. Il ,,!,auca un The Mcci;lv
Time; ;ti la,i AMI ,Yitiin " yearafter began
there Was !la.,!ls a weekly paper of ANY
standing in tll. roli,.,"y that did not lnvea
w"i.nn Ills core .,,..,i..l,. or to edit n col,lmn
OH TOPICS s,lppus..l tn lie of interest tn
women"
".lMl What s..t of a lu,.il,..s for vou..
| do il. n,a,,,,," Iii "W,,il ,u, viii,
your ry,n.icl,,. l,cl.i,ri vou. oiyj,, a eirl
lon,in.r for ~ l,yo.. ,,.u .n.,ry juu,y,.l;,,nl'
There ,i',, fnw laylrr ,iin..s tina, y rj,l
can trv."saii Mrs. Nru!y lhou.h,illly. "ir
! i,,s..,I Of ,.n,,,;,,in. l..,..Ir ,'' ,,,,,
fashion nn,.. nm,, n,;,,,. .r.s,,'',',n'
She ,k,, :, n,;,r. ,n ,,,,. r,u,,,,, .,,m ,r ,
,,,,rr nu, az Il. ..,.;n, ,',,.
Of n.i,s, r,,r ,.i.. ,i,c yr.,.. ,,,.n ,,.,.
rn tl,. v.,.,,l,. .,rl .,,n,l,v .r,r,. ,,u .,.,,,
~, vcr,xrer.cl ,i,,y.. ami for thr mos, ,n,,
included only t,yo n.ro,,s Tint vy,. il, v,,.
Ting. 1nn. when u,opl. ,y,.,r,nd I, rooI l,.,,
,r lifr ;,,tI i,,, r,u.n thni, ,,,,,.,s ,t,y,,.,
IL, VI, ml,,.e the whole sheet cxrr,t the wrnl.I,
short story
81 w;, th, ryrh,uor edition, tln dramatic
critic. the mi,.t,l ,ri;i, and fin. hu,l. NJ
Ni.yrr | ,,rvrr Earned in loss tL,r ,,,n.,,.
,,, ,.,I i,. ,, '
r,i,nri,ls ,,,l nthn. ,.,,,,,,,,, .,,1 ,.,.
,,,;,,;,,, ..Ii,,r;.l ,l..,, ,l,,r ,,,,i,;,,;
..,,,.,.,l, wi,h an ,l;. = l.,.,,, 49,,
,l l.,ff N, NV .,,,.i,,l ,,n,,n,,',. 'm ,''.
nud .;leu,.,l. an.si,, ,n,l ,,im,,l,l ~ ,r,,,
u,uch ,,l ,l,n mai ,nI ,n,n',,..,,J, ,,.,,,,',
nnr. r,r ,,,.o ,..,,ol. ,,,,,, ,l.. ,,,,;,,,.
,..i,l nm with rI,nu,,,,ism ,,rnt,. ,In ,,,,.i,.
pon,r i,,clrliur his London L.,,,r--,,I;,.,,
WAS ,ro nm t,,is si.)e of ti,, w,,er ,y ,hn ,,,,
-,nl NH - '''
"lt wns II hard life cnl II i. ma, ,,,,. ,,.,.i,,.
,l,nuab u GOOD ,.nl ,lilin,,m, nave Anl ,,,
=, ,,,, r,.,,,. ,,,,,.t ,,..,,,,,,;I.. !, .,
do;ns- ,,,ol L,unst wo,l. in II r,l,, n,,,,,..
today ''''''t'
The lies. c!,nuro for n woman sin rs,...
cially in New York. is in lines tl,ot women
iu!ul their way into first. corrcsuou,]uuc,
so,ial topi,s-;nl I'D rather take that in it,,
lost than in its worst scnsr-nnl book r..
vi.ring. IL happens often cno1.h. rspcciulIy
in lhn smaller cities. that n woman is ncccu,rl
solcrly us M, editorial writer and hor n,,tl,,r
"i, is utiliu.l-.ratefuIlv cnou,h too. sine.
shn works for small I;ly--on every topic with
which the masculine brain is c,i,d u,,,u ,n
.rapplc, but such instances are as yn,. I,.-
linvc, the executions Though th.v mr.. ,ut,.
! l!,in! fast and may before long form tlo
iul"
at is one of the plcasan,cst things of to-day
that there i, 10 sex ii, good work Sooner or
later women will find their level, and what
,.cv can do there will not bc lacking chances
fnr them to do As yet we lack, the most of
MS, tho training that gives cxlctncss and ac-
clratc habits of mind, but so fast as VIC find
ont what our Deficiencies are, [ believe we
have common sense enough to remedy them.
What part of your newspaper worl, have
you enjoyed most.' 1 asked, as Mrs. Crol,-
finished with the decided emphasis of n
woman who believes in the possibilities of
women
II used to bring down wrath upon NV
hcal,' She laughed, "bcca,lsc | said liked cd
itorial work best because | could do that in
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